"Over all cost of building your own pc..........."

My name is Daniel and I went to one site and decided to take advanage of the idea of customizing a computer for myself. It was just a strip-down version. It had one or two things and this is without speakers, disk drive, hard drive, floppy drive, or even a montior. The cost was still unbelieveable. They wanted $202.96. This pc had really nothing over on any other. I total thought it was a joke. I wouldn't suggest to get anything customized, even a pc. You'll get burned!

Yes building you're own pc will cost a little more than one from Dell or HP. One major advantage of building your own is 100% customization. My motherboard cost me $275 CDN alone but it was built(except for RAID), but I was in total control. My whole pc, excluding speakers and monitor, cost me $2,100 CDN but I had everything. So yes you will get burned depending on how much you prefer to spend, but be prepared to spend a couple hundred more when it comes to building your own.

Also if you buy a computer from a company like Dell, they discount the whole pc because they can buy the parts in bulk dirt cheap.